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Blood pressure cosegregates with a microsatellite of angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) in F2 generation from a cross between original normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY) and stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP).
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 31 Dec 1991
Nara Y, Nabika T, Ikeda K, Sawamura M, Endo J, Yamori Y
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the linkage between high blood pressure and the ACE gene in the F2 generation between SHRSP/Izm and WKY/Izm. The male F2 rats were categorized into 3 genotypes according to a microsatellite polymorphism in the ACE gene. Significantly high blood pressure was observed in the SHRSP homozygotes when it was compared to the blood pressure of the heterozygotes. Further, after 2 or 3 months salt-loading,...
Topics
- Animals
- Appetite
- Blood Pressure
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Homozygote
